Global Week Conference 2011

"Globalization and Development: Rethinking Interventions and Governance"

The Conference will be held at the School of Business, Economics and Law and at School of Global Studies (one session) at the University of Gothenburg on November 22-23, 2011.

The theme of the conference deals with the relationship between external interventions, governance, and development. The ability of countries to achieve sustainable development depends on social structures, institutions and policies, geography, and available resources. How effectively resources are used depends on the character of institutions, policy making, and policy implementation within states or governance, as well as influences and interests which transcend state boundaries. We invite papers that can help to improve our understanding of how the governance structures needed for development are affected by external interventions. Domestic social and political processes are crucial determinants, but the development of domestic institutions and policies is increasingly influenced by international relations. Governance processes of interest are not only at the national level, but they can also be regional or local. The international environment in which the domestic governance processes take place has undergone major changes in recent years. It is not yet very well understood why institutional reforms are successful in some instances but fail in others. This interdisciplinary conference is open to papers from the full range of social sciences, economics and business, legal science, or explicitly interdisciplinary papers.

For further information please contact
eva-lena.neth@economics.gu.se.